ponder

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To consider (something) carefully and thoroughly.

   I have spent days pondering the meaning of life.

2. 2
   noun

   A period of deep thought.

   I lit my pipe and had a ponder about it, but reached no definite conclusion.

3. 3
   verb

   reflect deeply on a subject

4. 4
   verb

   To wonder, think of deeply.

5. 5
   verb

   To weigh.

6. 6
   name

   A surname.

7. 7
   name

   A ghost town in Ripley County, Missouri, United States.

8. 8
   name

   A town in Denton County, Texas, United States.

Etymology

From Middle English ponderen, from Old French ponderer (“to weigh, balance, ponder”) from Latin ponderāre (“to weigh, ponder”), from pondus (“weight”), from pendere (“to weigh”); see pendent and pound.